The Cliff Island Post Office may not be Closed

• Official Post Office closing notice received on 11/10/97

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• Questionnaire (52k PDF)
• Petition requesting that there be no change in the status of the Cliff Island Post Office. If you are a customer of the Island PO (and you agree) please sign this petition and send it to the Committee.
• Letters need to be sent out to Maine's elected officials. Use the following link to view a sample letter Feel free to personalize the letter, and send a copy to Maine's Senators, Representatives and Governor. Online addresses
• The Island Institute has come up with a stamp buying campaign
  Summary Of Post Office Change Regulations (7k PDF)
  Full version of the Post Office Change Regulations
  If we are unsuccessful there is an Appeals process

• GAO report on U.S. Postal Service: Information on Post Office Closures, Appeals, and Affected Communities. NEW 12/9/97
  
  The server seemed a bit flacky so you may have to reload a couple of times
  Available as text or PDF(161k)
  
  
• National Association of Postmasters (NAPUS)
  
  NAPUS Area Represntatives for Post Office closings
  NAPUS Position Paper on "CLOSING AND CONSOLIDATING OF POST OFFICES"
  
  
• Postal Rate Commission's page of closing and consolidation appeals, very interesting gives some insight into the process.

Send petitions and other correspondence to:

• Cliff Island Post Office Committee
• Cliff Island, Me 04019
  

  Email

• onesandal@aol.com (Jeff Cusack)
• Dave_from_stave@msn.com (Dave Crowley)
• clifisle@ime.net (Bob Howard)

• Portland
  Thursday, November 20
  7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  Council Chambers, Second Floor of City Hall,
  389 Congress Street
  
  
• Scarborough
  Saturday, November 22
  9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
  Council Chambers, Municipal Building,
  259 U.S. Route 1

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